Method of inserting hat-linings.



l. RYBACK & L. WOLF.

METHOD OF INSERTING HAT LININGS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23.1917.

1 ,299,038. 1 PatentedlApr. 1, 1919? 4 TTORNEV UNITED STATES @FFIQE.

ISIDOR RYBACK, OF BROOKLYN, AND LEON WOLF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORSTO ISIDOR RYIBAGK, LEON WOLF, AND SOLOMAN LEWIS, COPARTNERS DOINGBUSINESS AS NATIONAL HAT LININGr COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

METHOD OF INSERTING HAT-LININGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, IsIDoR RYBACK, of the borough of Brooklyn, city andState of New York, and LEON WOLF, of the borough of Manhattan, city,county, and State of New York, both citizens of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of InsertingHat- Linings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is the improvement in the method offastening linings into hats. 'Linings are generally of two sorts; onecalled the straight lining consists simply of a straight strip of cloth,and the other has a fiat, smooth top portion which is surrounded by ashirred lower portion.-

Hitherto, it has been the custom to sew the bottom portion of the lininginto the hat by hand. This is always a slow process, and in the case ofthe second class, requires a great deal of skill and care on the part ofthe operator. Our method enables the lining to be inserted and retainedwithout the employment of any skilled or careful sewing and if desired,without any sewing at all.

Similar numbers are used to denote simi lar parts in the drawing.Figures 1, 2, and 3 show a straight strip of lining 1, to which anadhesive strip 2 is sewn by stitches 5. This may be of rubberizedbuckram or any adhesive material. As shown in Fig. 2, the lower edge ofthe adhesive band is placed adjacent to the lower rim of the crown ofthe hat. The draw string may then be applied or it may be adjustedlater. The lining is then pushed up into the crown of the hat as shownin Fig. 8, and hot iron or any heating device applied at various partsalong the lower rim of the lining. The heat causes the rubberized band 2to adhere to the inside of the hat crown as shown at 4.

It will be noted that in this modification,

the adhesive band is attached to the lining by ordinary machine sewing,in which case only the side of the band adjacent to the interior of thecrown is rubberized.

Fig. 1 shows the application of our method as applied to the other andperhaps preferred form of hat lining. It is in this form that our methodis of greater value, as it does away with the care required insewing thelining which ordinarily has to be carefully fitted to the rim or edge ofthe head portion. We have shown in this modification both inner andouter surfaces of the band covered with an adhesive solution so that thelining and the interior of the head portion are held firmly together.This invention is not only adapted to womens hats but can be used onmens hats, and employed as a means of causing the sweat band to adhereto the crown of the hat. Another important feature is that the liningcan be so easily removed by this method. All that is needed is to applyheat to the brim of the crown, causing the adhesive material to melt andthe lining can then be removed. It can then be put back into the hat asbefore or used again in another hat. One standard lining can be used forany headsize. In the claims we have used the expression head-size toindicate both the crown.

itself (preferably, though not necessarily, the lower portion thereof)and in cases where a two-piece hat is used to cover that portion of thecrown where the brim portion of the hat folds over into the head-size.

Instead of using heat to cause the adhesive band to adhere to the liningor crown, a moistened adhesive strip can be used or any agency whichwill cause the adhesive band to adhere may be employed. In some adhesivepreparations, a mere pressure without further means will be sufiicientto cause i the band to adhere.

Having described our invention, what we claim is:

1. The method of inserting hat linings in hats consisting of fasteningan adhesive band between the lining and the head-size of the hat, andapplying meansthereto to cause the lower portion of the lining and thehead-size to adhere to it.

'2. The method of inserting linings in hats, consisting of sewing anadhesive band to the lower edge of the lining, folding the band over sothat it lies between the lining and the head-size of the hat, andapplying heat to the rim of the crown causing the crown and the liningto adhere to the band.

3. The method of attaching a lining to a hat which consists ininterposing at the head-size anadhesive member between the are united.

4. The method of attaching the lining to a hat Which consists inproviding'the lining with an adhesive band, interposing the adhesivehand between the lining and the headsize, and then applying heat andpressure to the lining to cause the adhesive band to se- 1 cure thelining and head-size together. I

ISIDOR RYBACK. LEON WOLF.

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